THE ART OF QUEEN REARING
WSU COURSE SYLLABUS
Sunday July 12, 2015 122 Clark Hall (Animal Sciences Building), WSU Pullman
8:00 – 8:30 Coffee, Snacks and Introductions
8:30 – 9:30 Lecture – Principals of Queen & Drone Rearing
9:30 – 11:00 Field – Setting Up Cell Builders-
Queen-Less & Queen-Right Systems
11:00 – 12:00 Evaluating Drone Maturity
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 4:00 Workshops
Session : Grafting Queen Cells
Session : Incubating and Banking Queen Cells
Session : Marking & Clipping Queens
Session : Evaluating Queen Reproductive Status
Session : Handling & Introducing Queen Cells
Session : Nucleus colonies
4:00 – 5:00 Classroom – Exploring CB Systems, Situations & Troubleshooting
Wrap Up & Question & Answers